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Protocol Header Address Notation
8 16 24 32 Eliminate leading zeros from all two-byte sets
Ver Traffic Class Flow Label Replace up to one string of consecutive zeros
Payload Length Next Header Hop Limit with a double-colon (::)
Address Formats
Source Address
Global unicast
Link-local unicast
Version (4 bits) Always set to 6 Interface ID
Traffic Class (8 bits) A DSCP value for QoS
64 64
Flow Label (20 bits) Identifies unique flows (optional)
Multicast
Payload Length (16 bits) Length of the payload in bytes
Scope
Flags
Group ID
Next Header (8 bits) Header or protocol which follows
8 4 4 112
Hop Limit (8 bits) Similar to IPv4's time to live field
Source Address (128 bits) Source IP address EUI-64 Formation
Address Types
EUI-64
Unicast One-to-one communication
Multicast One-to-many communication Insert 0xfffe between the two halves of the MAC
Anycast An address configured in multiple locations Flip the seventh bit (universal/local flag) to 1